Feeder



Sept. 6, 1938. F. TALMAG l 2,129,451

FEEDERv Filed May 18, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 E 7 26 fg I f g 47 49 e/f g 3Z` g 4f 50 n .TOR

L 7'0 mage ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 6, 1938 l l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FEEDER Floyd L. Talmage, Kansas City, Kans., assignor to Ismert-Hincke Milling Company, Kansas City, Mo., a corporation of Kansas Application May 18, 1936, Serial No. 80,349 4 Claims. (Cl. 209-137) This invention relates to feeders for regulatthe conduit. The mill end of the conduit may ing delivery of materials such as grain to a grindterminate in a substantially angular bend aS ing mill or similar equipment wherein an air indicated at I6 to permit of its ready connection blast is drawn therethrough, and has for its with the mill.

lV principal object to provide a feeder wherein the o The forward portion of the bottom plate Il 5 material is delivered proportionately to its ashas en Opening 'l extending eJCIOSS the Width similation by the mill, of the feeder and wherethrough foreign objects,

Other important objects of the invention are Such aS metal, reeks and the like carried in the to provide a device of this character with means materiel, are discharged inte e trap |3- The 10 for regulating flow of the material by induction trap I8 includes a substantially reoteneular- 10 action of the air stream; to provide for ready Shaped han I9 having Side'end end Walls 22| adjustment of the air stream relatively to the and 22-23 Connected by a bottom 24 so that the material for varying its rate of feed; to provide bOttOIn 0f the Dan iS dOWnSet from the plane 0f for separation and entrapment of foreign objects the Plate H- The upper edges 0f the Side Walls carried in the material; and to provide for even 0f the pan terminate in lateral flanges 25 that 15 flow and distribution of the material across the are bolted to lateral extensions 26 of the bottom width of the feeder. plate as indicated at 21, whereby the pan may be In accomplishing these and other objects of removed t0 empty the entrepped materielthe invention, as hereinafter pointed out, I have FiXed t0 the Tear Wall, et e DOint SDeCed Slightprovided improved details of structure, the pre- IY belOW the upper end thereof, is an adjustable 20 ferred form of which is illustrated in the accombaie 28 COInDliSing a rectangular Sheet of leX- panying drawings, wherein: ible material having free t between the side Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a feeder embody- Walls 2 and 3 of the feeder and which is of sufing the features of the present invention. ieient length tO- curve downwardly and fQTWald- Fig. 2 is a, vertical section through the feeder. 1y over the trap' I8 in spaced relation with the 25 Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3*. 3 plate Il to form a material outlet to the conduit.

of Fig. A2. The baille thus divides the feeder housing into Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the air a feeding chamber 29 located in communication regulator slide and feeding stabilizer. With the SDOU-t l0, and an air inlet Chamber' 30 30 Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the feeder Wherethrough air iS passed to the mill, as later 30 baille. described. The upper end of the baille is rigidly Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the adjustable Secured to the rear wall of the feeder by suitable feed gate over which the material is drawn by the faStening devices, such as bolts 3l. The bottom inducting action of the air stream, edge of the baille is provided with a plurality of Referring more in detail to the drawings: V-shaped serrations 32 for distributing material 35 ldesignates afeeder constructed in accordance that eravitates from the spout l0 across the with the present invention and which is shown as Width of the plate for Collection in the bottom of comprising a housing having parallel side walls the feeding chamber, as shown at 33- The ser- 2-3, a front wall 4 having an inclined upper rations thus provide for even distribution of the portion 5y a, perpendicular jower portion and material across the Width of the feeder to assure 40 a rear wall 1 extending parallel with the pereven flow of the material through the conduit pendicular portion of the front wall, the from; I3 under the inducing influence of the air stream. and rear Walls being joined with the edges of the COOPeIating with the lower edge 0f the hdfiie iS side walls by welding or the like. The top of the an adjustable feeding gate 34 attached at its housing is closed by a horizontal plate 3 having lower edge to a rook shaft 35 having its'ends ro- 45 an opening 9 through which a delivery spout m is tatably mounted in the side walls of the'feeder directed into the interior of the housing. The and ih C105e DlOXimitY t0 the bOttOm Diete housing is provided with a bottom plate Il that One end of the rock shaft terminates in a is welded to the lower edges ofthe front and side crank-shaped arm 36 that engages in the notches 00 Walls and which cooperates with a, plate l2 at- 31 of a rack segment 38 that is fixed to the outer 50 tached to the lower edge of the rear wall to form face of the side wall 2. The free end of the lever a conduit I3 through which the material is deforms a handle 39 by which the lever may be livered from the feeder to the mill or other moved to selected notches in the rack for retainequipment designated I4, the side walls being ing the feeding gate in adjusted position relatively provided with extensions l5 to form the sides oi to the bane. The bane is also adjusted by means 55 of a sliding regulator plate 4l) that is projectible through a transverse slot 4| in the rear wall 1, the sides of the slot being flanged as at 42 and 43 to form extended bearings for the plate. The inner edge 44 of the plate abuts against the baille, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and the outer edge 45 terminates in a laterally extending flange 46 provided with an opening 4'l to accommodate a guide rod 48 that is fixed to the lower portion of the rear wall and projects rearwardly in parallel relation with the directional movement of the plate.

The outer end of the guide rod is threaded as at 49 to accommodate a wing nut 50 whereby the plate may be retained in adjusted position against the inherent flexibility of the baille. The regulating plate is provided with a substantially rectangular opening 5| to permit air to be drawn therethrough and across the top of the gate 34 into the conduit I3, the air being admitted to the feeder through an rear wall and which has itseffective capacity con` trolled by an air inlet door 53. The door is piv` oted to one edge of the opening as indicated at 54 and is supported in a selected pivoted position relatively to the opening by means of a threaded stud 55, the stud being pivotally connected with the rear wall and has its threaded shank extend-Y ing through a slot 56 in the plate to accommodate a wing nut 51 that forms an adjustable stopfor the door whereby the angular position of the door may be adjusted to vary the effective capacity of the air inlet opening. l

In using a feeder constructedand assembled as described, grain is delivered thereto through the spout l0 to gravitate down the baffle 8 and accumulate in the bottomy of the feeding chamber. The grain, upon moving down the baffle, will'be caused to roll so as to effect movement of foreign particles toward and into the trap I8. 'I'he vfeed gate and baille plate are then adjusted toprovide the desired opening therebetween so as to effect the required feed of material to the mill.

The baille 28 is adjusted by manipulating the thumb screw to move-the control plate 4D in the proper direction, while the gate 34 is adjusted by moving the lever arm 36 to a selectednotch in the rack 31. The air control door 53 Ais then adjusted to admit the desired amount of air to the mill. As the air stream moves across the discharge opening above the gate 34 and changes its direction of travel for flow to the mill, particles of the material are picked up thereby and carried over the gate in suspension in the air stream. The bottom of the baille, being serrated, effects uniform distribution of the grain across the width of the feeder so as to be uniformly carriedby the air stream drawn through the mill. When the trap becomes full of entrapped material the flow through the spout may be suspended and the trap removed to permit emptying thereof.

The amount of material fed through the feed opening is directly dependent upon the location of the opening 5l relatively to thematerial that is exposed between the baille 28 and gate 34.- The adjustment shown in Fig. 2 is for feeding very light material such as bran stock. With heavier materials the regulator plate 40 must be moved further into the housing so that the air stream is more positively directed relatively to the material exposed through the feed opening. Likewise this adjustment moves the baille 28 to effect enlargement of the feed opening exposing more material to the action of the air stream. The gate 34 is also adjustable to cooperate with the diaphragm in regulating the amount lof material opening 52 that is provided in the-- exposed to the air which also controls the amount of material withdrawn from the feed chamber. With some materials the gate 34 might lie flatly against the bottom H. It is thus apparent that there is an extremely wide adjustment of the parts so that the air stream may be selectively directed relatively to the exposed material to effect the desired feed.

From the foregoing, it is obvious that I have provided a simple feeder that effectively feeds the material to the mill proportionately to the requirements thereof, and that the flow may be selectively controlled to regulation of the quantity of air admitted through the opening 52 and by adjusting the baille 28 and gate 34 respectively.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A feeder including a housing, a diaphragm ,dividing the housing into feed and air chambers jand cooperating with a portion of the housing to form a feed opening, an outlet connection lon the air chamber side of the housing, means for controlling admission .of an air stream -to the air ch-amber for movement across said feed opening and through the outlet connection whereby said air stream effects aninducing action on the material in the feedV chamber to effect feed of the material through said outlet connection, and a plate slidable in the housing ata point intermediate the -air control means and said outlet connection forselectively adjustingv the diaphragm to vary the effective size of the feed opening and having an openingfor the passage of said air stream.` Y

2. A feeder including a housing, adiaphragm dividing the housing into feed and air chambers and cooperating with a portion of the housing to form a feed opening, an outlet connection on the air chamberside of the housing, means for selectively admitting an air stream to the air chamber for movement across said opening and through the outlet connection wherebysaid air stream effects an inducing action on the material in the feed chamber to effect feed of the materialthrough said outlet connection, a plate slidable in the housing and engagingthe diaphragm for selectively adjusting the Idiaphragm to vary the effective size of 'the feed opening and having an opening for the passage ofsaid air stream, a threaded rod fixed to the housing and engaged with the plate, andanadjusting screw on the rod to selectively fposition the plate. Y

3. A feeder including a housing having a lateral outlet duct connected with the lower end thereof, a flexible diaphragm having its upper end lxed to the housing to provide separate feed and air chambers with the air chamber located on the side having the outlet duct and having its lower end spaced from the bottom ofr the housing to form a feed opening to said duct, an adjustable gate cooperating with the diaphragm to control the effective area of said feed opening, means for feeding material to the feed chamber of the 4housing for discharge through said feed opening, and a regulator plate .slidably supported in the housing above said duct and having an opening for selectively directing an air stream across said feed opening to effect movement of material through said duct.

4. A feeder including a housing having a lateral outlet duct connected with the lower end thereof and an air inlet above said duct, a flexible diaphragm having its upper edge Xed to the housing at a point abovesaid air inlet and` having its lower end extending over the outlet feed opening, means connected with the housing duct and spaced from the bottom of the housfor drawing an air stream across said feed opening to form a feed opening to said duct, an ading to effect movement of the material through justable feed gate extending upwardly from the said duct, means for exing the lower end of bottom of the housing and cooper-ating with the the iiexible diaphragm away from said feed gate, diaphragm to control the effective area of said and means connected with the housing and cofeed opening means for feeding material to the operating with the diaphragm for trapping forhousing on the side of the diaphragm opposed eign objects contained in Said material.

to said outlet duct for discharge through said FLOYD L. TALMAGE. 

